1999 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Vietnam, 1999

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Reference ID

VNM_1999_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Bureau of The Central Steering Committee for the 1999 Population and Housing Census. General Statistics Office., IPUMS

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Sep 29, 2011

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Year of construction before 1976 (VN1999A_YRBUILT)

Data file: VNM1999_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 150

End: 150

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="VN99A015">6. In what year was this [main] house/flat put into use?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Before 1976<br /> [] 2 From 1976 up to now</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Before 1976
2	1976 until now
8	Not reported
9	NIU (not in universe)

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

<svar a="all" v="VN99A015 VN99A016"><span class="em">Question 6:</span> What year did this (main) house/apartment become available for occupancy?<br />The investigator records the year the house was completed and began to be occupied. In cases where the household residence includes many parts, and each part was completed and occupied in different years, then only record the year the main part (with the largest area) of that house was constructed and was occupied.<br /><br />If the house/apartment that the household currently lives in is completed and began to be occupied before 1976, then the investigator circles number "1". If the house/apartment that the household currently lives in is completed and began to be occupied from 1976 onward, then the investigator circles number "2", and at the same time write the last two digits of the year the house was completed and began to be used in the two designated boxes. For example, if a person reports that the house was completed and began to be occupied in 1987, then the record should be as follows: [An example has been omitted.]<br /></svar>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the dwelling was constructed after or before 1976.

Universe

Vietnam 1999: Durable dwellings [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Dwelling Characteristics Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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